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The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs / Gregory S. Paul.

Summary:

After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. Here is the ultimate illustrated field guide to the lost world of these weird and wonderful prehistoric creatures. This book presents such a wealth of new information about these animals--what they looked like, how they behaved, and how they were interrelated. In addition, this unique guide is stunningly illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions of these beasts--many never before depicted--along with photographs of amazing fossils from around the world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780691167664
ISBN: 0691167664
Physical Description: 360 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 350) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Introduction. History of discovery and research -- What is a dinosaur? -- Dating dinosaurs -- The evolution of dinosaurs and their world -- Extinction -- After the age of dinosaurs -- Biology. General anatomy -- Skin, feathers, and color -- Respiration and circulation -- Digestive tracts -- Senses -- Vocalization -- Disease and pathologies -- Behavior. Brains, nerves, and intelligence -- Social activities -- Reproduction -- Growth -- Energetics -- Gigantism -- Mesozoic oxygen -- The evolution--and loss--of avian flight -- Dinosaur safari -- If dinosaurs had survived -- Dinosaur conservation -- Where dinosaurs are found -- Using the group and species descriptions -- Group and species accounts. Dinosaurs -- Theropods -- Sauropodomorphs -- Ornithischians -- Additional reading -- Index : dinosaur taxa -- Formations.